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Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... intrinsic renal disease ... prostatic) #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Urology #Hematuria ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neoplasm: • NHL ... fever • Lyme disease ... • Whipple's disease ... Infection: • HIV • EBV
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
, liver, renal disease ... history #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Nephro #Hyponatremia ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... proliferative • Anti-GBM ... Minimal change disease ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
selected glomerular diseases ... Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM ... Electron Microscopy (EM ... RPGN • Anti-GBM ... #nephrology #pathology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... Cytomegalovirus; GBM ... impairment), heart disease ... #Algorithm #differential ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Mycoplasma, Influenza, EBV ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm
Podocytopathies - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

No podocytopenia - EM shows minimal change disease
 • Minimal Change Nephropathy
Podocytopenia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... podocytopenia - EM ... minimal change disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #nephrology